''Mountains on Fire'' () is a 1931

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war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Karl Hartl Karl Hartl (10 May 1899 – 29 August 1978) was an Austrians, Austrian film film director, director. Life Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the H ...

and

Luis Trenker Luis Trenker (born Alois Franz Trenker, 4 October 1892 – 12 April 1990) was a South Tyrolean film producer, director, writer, actor, architect, alpinist, and bobsledder. Biography Early life Alois Franz Trenker was born on 4 October 1892 in ...

and starring Trenker,

Lissy Arna Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...

and

Luigi Serventi Luigi Serventi (31 July 1885 – 18 August 1976) was an Italian film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional ...

. The film was developed from

's novel of the same title, partly based on his own experiences. Separate French and English-language productions were also made.

Synopsis

Shortly before the

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, an Italian and an Austrian take part in a

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expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides.Naumann p. 173 The plot also features references to the mines on the Italian front.

Cast

as Florian Dimai *

as Pia, his wife *

as Count Artur Franchini, his friend * Claus Clausen as Leutnant (lieutenant) Kall * Erika Dannhoff *

Paul Graetz Paul Graetz or Paul Grätz (4 August 1889 – 16 February 1937) was a German actor and comedian star of the Weimar cabaret. Exile and Death In 1933, he was exiled from Germany by the Nazi regeime. "Half Berlin had laughed at his jokes," wrote ...

as Field phone operator * Michael von Newlinsky * Emmerich Albert as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier * Luis Gerold as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier * Hans Jamnig as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier * Hugo Lehner as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier * Roland von Rossi as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier

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* 1931 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1931 war films German war films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Karl Hartl Films directed by Luis Trenker Films set in the 1910s Films set in Austria Films set in Italy Films set in the Alps Films shot in Italy World War I films set on the Italian Front Climbing and mountaineering films Films based on Austrian novels Films based on Italian novels German black-and-white films German multilingual films 1931 multilingual films 1930s German films Films scored by Giuseppe Becce German-language war films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub

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